About Me

Hi! I’m Amanda, the human behind Wabi Sabi Futures. I’m a multi-disciplinary consultant and facilitator who collects tools, methods and frameworks to support sense-making in strange times. I love to see what emerges when we combine different perspectives and exploring the new possibilities that open up.

My ways of working and describing my work continue to evolve. Early on in my career I identified as an artist, as I studied fine arts with a focus on painting and printmaking. To supplement my income I had a day job, where I asked a lot of questions about why we do things the way we do them, which led me into service design. After a secondment in organisational development and redesign, I worked my way into more formal change management roles where I spent a decade of planning, leading, facilitating and coaching significant change projects and workshops in public healthcare. As the projects I worked on became more complex, I started seeking more sophisticated ways of making sense of what I could see changing around me, and how to incorporate that into longer-term change initiatives. Completing my Masters of Strategic Foresight gave me some answers to these questions, and raised other questions I continue to explore.

I established Wabi Sabi Futures as a space to support the development of other folk who are curious, questioning if the future we are creating is one worth wanting, and exploring what’s possible through playful and creative means. Through Wabi Sabi Futures I offer my futures and facilitation skills, passion, and knowledge to teams and organisations looking to create more humane futures, and work with individuals to explore alternative ways of being. 

I am a lifelong learner who is always on the lookout for new perspectives that can further enhance my approach. I am currently deepening my experience and skill at using creative methods to make sense of our experiences by training as an art therapist.

Wabi Sabi Futures plays in the intersection of futures studies and strategic foresight, change leadership, and creative practice.

I am committed to lifelong learning, and regularly engage in formal training to ensure the Wabi Sabi Futures approach remains high quality, well-considered, and contemporary.